What an Emergency Health Profile is
A document containing the medical information about a person that must be accessible quickly in a medical emergency — and that is useless if it is at home in a drawer.
The four reasons it matters
It provides critical medical information
Allergies, medical conditions, medications, blood type and emergency contacts. This is what emergency responders and healthcare providers need to give appropriate and timely care.
It can save lives
When responders have access to a person's medical information they can make informed decisions. In a heart attack, a stroke or a severe allergic reaction, that is the difference.
It reduces the risk of medical error
Informed decisions displace guesses. The clearest example is not administering a medicine the person is allergic to.
It provides peace of mind
Knowing the information exists and will be found is worth something in itself.
And what is behind it
How it is read, in order of what is available
NFC tap
A responder's phone reads the card without any application from us.
QR scan
Opens the emergency view in a browser — the minimum set, not the full record.
ABHA lookup
A facility connected to the national network can retrieve the linked record with the person's consent.
Printed panel
Blood group, allergies and emergency contact are printed on the card face, so the card works with no technology at all.
The emergency view is deliberately small
It carries what a responder needs in the first two minutes. The full clinical history requires consent and is not exposed by a scan.
Give every student one.
The emergency baseline for a whole school.